On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Thomas Hahn <thah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Brice Goglin > <brice.gog...@ens-lyon.org>wrote: > >> Thomas Hahn wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Brice Goglin >> > <brice.gog...@ens-lyon.org <mailto:brice.gog...@ens-lyon.org>> wrote: >> > >> > Thomas Hahn wrote: >> > > Sigh, after upgrading I am having the same problem. >> > > On the build in screen of the laptop the mouse cursor is >> > visible, but >> > > on the bigger TFT it has disappeared. >> > > >> > > # CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS is not set >> > > >> > > So, I need to build my own kernel? >> > > >> > > Anything else necessary to get KMS working? >> > >> > You can enable KMS with your current kernel by passing modeset=1 >> > to the >> > i915 module at startup, either through the initramfs config or on >> the >> > kernel command line. >> > >> > Brice >> > >> > >> > Tnx for the info. >> > I have changed the command line via /boot/grub/menu.lst to >> > Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda5 ro vga=0x0361 resume=/dev/sda8 >> > modeset=1 >> >> If using a plain Debian kernel, see >> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting >> >> Brice >> > > Been there tried that, got: > > (**) intel(0): Kernel mode setting active, disabling FBC. > > BUT: > > (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1 > (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: LPL Model: 0 Serial#: 0 > (II) intel(0): Year: 2004 Week: 0 > (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.2 > (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input > (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 33 vert.: 21 > (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20 > (II) intel(0): No DPMS capabilities specified > (II) intel(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4 > (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode > (II) intel(0): redX: 0.590 redY: 0.344 greenX: 0.323 greenY: 0.534 > (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.156 blueY: 0.138 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328 > (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 > (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing: > (II) intel(0): clock: 71.2 MHz Image Size: 289 x 21 mm > > See those 21 mm, should have been 210mm! > > So letters are absolutely HUGE and render this useless. > There is some > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "LVDS" > DisplaySize 330 206 > HorizSync 30-90 > VertRefresh 50-60 > EndSection > > in the xorg.conf as this must have been a problem sometime > before, but it doesnt help now ... > > Thomas > Is there any other way of getting back my 1280x1024 resolution? Downgrade to stable doesnt work. Is there a beta version which has these problems fixed? Bugs 536287, 551635 and 551666 are all dealing with KMS problems and this is what I am running into here ... Thomas
